Canada's Environmental Voice
With apologies to Max, the central character in Maurice Sendak’s 1963 classic Where The Wild Things Are, and his arduous journey “in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room”, Alice the Moose puts his to shame. Alice left her home park in […]
The Beating and Bleeding Heart of Boreal Trees Film review of BorealisDir. Kevin McMahon. 2020. 1h 30m. Written by Ishani Dasgupta The main thought I had when watching the movie Borealis, directed by the acclaimed director Kevin McMahon, was “if the trees in the Boreal forest of Canada could use […]
Researching Canada’s Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Written by Katie Kish and Eric Miller An initiative at York University is measuring how humanity’s consumption of renewable resources has changed over the last 50 years – since the first Earth Day in 1970. Research out of York’s Ecological Footprint Initiative (EFI) in […]
A Game of Snakes and Ladders Navigating the Traps and Tricks of Politics Written by Natasha Arsenijevich & Siobhan Mullally Glen Murray is an entrepreneur, activist, and former politician. Glen paved the way for inclusion in politics as one of the first openly gay chief magistrate 1 of any large […]
Called to Duty How ecoanxiety is being transformed into youth-led climate advocacy. Written by Emma Tamlin I grew up on an 80 acre-farm in rural Ontario. I grew up immersed in nature, building forts, getting stuck in the mud, picking wild berries for breakfast and building makeshift rafts out of […]
Toxic Men, Toxic Earth, Toxic Futures To start, defund the patriarchy Written by Sophia Sanniti After a riveting presentation this February on the rise and decline of patriarchal systems by prominent American feminist economist Nancy Folbre [1], I was more than displeased to see the webinar chat had been ‘zoom […]
(ORIGINAL POSTED APRIL 21, 2021) CAUTION: Serendipitous roads may cause new perspectives It was early March, just before Covid-19 exploded into our collective consciousness. We – my partner and I – decided on a quick weekend getaway to celebrate an anniversary. We live in Kitchener and had wanted to visit […]
Higher Stakes Corporate sustainability increases your odds to make positive top-down change and to create large-scale, lasting environmental progress. Written by Siobhan Mullally HP volunteers heading out for a shoreline cleanup. Frances Edmonds has done groundbreaking work in corporate sustainability throughout her career. She is currently the Head of Sustainable […]
Babies on Board A Mother’s Call to Action Written by Elizabeth Greenfield When we think about making change, most of us default to scribbling down resolutions at New Years. It is typically very introspective and personal, although sometimes, the chance to make a difference can be enough to motivate someone […]
Rocking Forward for Progress Hello – and welcome to the first (planned) issue of 2021, our 50th anniversary year! Written by David McConnachie Way back in 1971, when we were founded by Dr. Robert Paehlke at Trent University as an academic transfer journal, we were at the leading edge of […]
